I'm bowdlerizing it — just slightly changing one or two words so listeners won't be upset.

　　我在對它作些改動(dòng)——只是改換個(gè)別字眼，好讓聽(tīng)眾更容易接受。

　　The version of the play that I saw had been dreadfully bowdlerized.

　　我所看到的劇本版本已被刪改得面目全非。

　　The best thing to do would be to apologize.

　　最恰當的做法應該是道歉。

　　We would like to apologize for the delay.

　　我們愿對延遲表示歉意。

　　I was trying to apologize but it came out wrong.

　　我是想要道歉，可是話(huà)一出口卻變了味兒。

　　The airline apologized and bumped us up to first class.

　　航空公司道歉后把我們掉換到頭等艙。